Tunnel Rat - Interlude: Tap, Tap, click
tap tap tap…The rapid sound of fingers drumming on the floor.
click, clickclick…cklick The sound claws lightly tapping on the bars of a cage.
Tap: New prisoner.
Tap: You aren’t sleeping. Tail twitching. Humor.
Click: Stupid tail, doesn’t always do what I want.
Tap: You have purring undercontrol at least, humor.
Click: more sleep, not humor, new one is spy, don’t talk
Click: I smell food!
Tap: New one is food. Is rat.
Click: not food, food is scallops wrapped in bacon.
Tap: Work together? not code, not one of us. Spy?
Click: Spy, emphasis
Tap: Testing
Click: and test failed. Is spy. Is dragon minion. Stuck like us. Spy. Don’t talk. Keep others safe.
Tap: Rat does not like harsh truth of trap Humor
Tap: Does not learn. Asks again. Ignoring.
Tap: Spy. Trapped us. Family safe not talk
Tap: Scared lonely scared
Click: Others free Strong
Click: Talks to self
Tap: cracking already
Tap: HE comes,
TapTapTap: Frustration. Emphasis. Again Tea Want Tea Why make race that needs Tea? Emphasis Frustration
Click: know answer increased Intelligence increased perception fair trade.
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TapTap: Like need hunt humor not humor
Click: Not humor.
Click: Frustration. Many Food emphasis
Tap: Strong stay strong. Resist
Click: Hard no talk
Tap: You talked
Click: Insult different not talk
Tap: New rule, humor
Tap: Wizard excited query World Boss query
Click: Rat talking is bad talks too much
Click: Stupid tasty rat.
Tap: Smart rat, captured boss, engineer
Click: Cheat Class. Not smart
Tap: cheese addict exclamation
Click: So much cheese addict Humor Rat cheese addict Much Humor
Tap: Like cat mousey addict query humor
Click: Not exclamation humor exclamation claws exclamation
Tap: talks too much exclamation
Tap: frustration talks truth frustration
Click: Gives information frustration stupid rat cheese addict minion
Tap: Sucking up to boss, minion behavior
Tap: Our usefullness ended, life short,offer work?
Click: offer work emphasis make bargain
Click: Hate rat frustration.
Tap: Humor You talked again.Humor
Click: frustration rat frustration enemy frustration trapped
Click: rat engaging boss query?
Tap: boss reveals, listening good
Click: listen clever learn
Tap: Useful rat query
Click: Stupid tasty rat. listen learn be free
Tap: be free
